New Horizon (Tak Matsumoto album) explained
| New Horizon |
| Type: | studio album |
| Artist: | Tak Matsumoto |
| Cover: | Newhorizontakmatsumoto.jpg |
| Released: | April 30, 2014 |
| Genre: | Jazz fusion |
| Length: | 46:59 |
| Label: | Vermillion Records (Japan) |
| Producer: | Tak Matsumoto and Paul Brown |
| Prev Title: | Strings of my Soul |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | enigma |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
New Horizon is the fifteenth solo studio album by Japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto, of B'z fame. It is an instrumental album (except for "Feel Like a Woman Tonite", with guest vocals by American singer Wendy Moten[1]) and it was released by Vermillion Records on April 30, 2014 in Japan. The album debuted at number 3 on both the Japanese Oricon weekly album chart[2] and the Billboard Japan album chart.[3]
Some tracks of the album are not new; the title track was featured in a series of commercials by Japanese transportation company Sagawa Express, "Black Jack" is a rerecorded version of the Black Jack Special theme song, and "Rain" had been already performed live during their 25th anniversary tour.[1] The album also features three covers: "Take 5", which had already been covered in Matsumoto's debut solo album Thousand Wave, and two other tracks by Japanese musicians, the only tracks with Japanese-language titles.[1]
Track listing
The American and European editions come with a slightly different track list (with "Take 5" as the opening track and the title track coming next) and the two Japanese-language titled tracks translated to English
Personnel
Session members
- Wendy Moten – vocals on "Feel Like a Woman Tonite"
- John Ferraro – drums
- Lee Laing – drums, keyboards and wah guitar on "Feel Like a Woman Tonite"
- Shane Gaalaas – drums on "Rain"
- Lenny Castro – percussion on "Take 5"
- Travis Carlton – bass on track 1, 6, 9, 10, 11
- Bryant Siono – bass on "Feel Like a Woman Tonite"
- Barry Sparks – bass on "Rain"
- David Enos – wood bass on tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
- Akira Onozuka – electric piano on tracks 1, 4, 6; piano on tracks 5, 7, 8, 9; Wurlitzer on "Black Jack" and "Gakuseigai No Kissaten"; organ on "Rain"
- Greg Vail – saxophone on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 10; flute on tracks 2, 3, 7; tenor saxophone on "New Horizon" and "That's Cool"
- Greg Adams – trumpet on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 10
- Lee Thornburg – trombone on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 10
- Hiroko Ishikawa of Lime Ladies Orchestra – strings on tracks 5, 7, 8
Technical staff
- Hideyuki Terachi – arrangement
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi – recording; mixing on tracks 5, 8, 9, 11, 12; engineering
- Paul Brown – recording and engineering on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10; mixing on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10; arrangement on "Feel Like a Woman Tonite"
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Tobias. Tak Matsumoto New Album 「New Horizon」 2014/04/30 Out!!. Off the Lock. 10 January 2015. 7 March 2014.
- Web site: CDアルバムランキング – 2014年05月12日付 （2014年04月28日～2014年05月04日）. Oricon.co.jp. 10 January 2015.
- Billboard Japan Top Albums. Billboard Japan. 4 May 2015.
